Eric says:
The Packers really peaked in Week 5 with their monster win over the Saints. It's really pretty sad, considering their high point came with a victory over a club that's been displaced due to a natural disaster. Let's be honest — you know your year is bad when you're relegated to kicking a team when it's down.
But … it was a high point, and yes, it did take the Texans until last Sunday to rise to the Packers' level.
That said, with a bye week the following week, and having to use a running back that once dropped a deuce in a girl's closet, the Green Bay Packers should have just high-tailed it out of town, forfeited their remaining games and ensured themselves the top pick in next year's draft.
Yes, they should have made their bye week into a bye "rest of the season." If nothing less, it would have saved the veteran Brett Favre another 11 games for next season, and would have allowed his receivers to mend themselves for next year.
Seriously, a 1-4 season, that's not really so bad when you think about it. It's much better than a 1-15 season. Maybe, just maybe, they'll make it to 3-13, but what would be the point — then they would run the risk of losing the No. 1 pick to the Texans.
Let's face it, they went from a high point, through the bye week, to an all-new low. In Week , they lost on a last-second field goal to a team that had probably just got off the Good Ship Fornicate minutes before kickoff.
Why risk the embarrassment of losing to that same team with Brad Johnson under center in a few weeks? Why risk falling twice to the Bears? Why continue to agonize their enormous fan base by coming out every week and coming up short?
The Packers should just find a DeLorean the size of a bus, all jump in it, travel back two weeks and announce the end of their season.
Tom says:
OK, it was fun while it lasted — believing that the NFC North was just bad enough that the Green Bay Packers could still win the division title. True, the Vikings suck. And Detroit is a bad team, as well. There's no way the Bears should have a chance at the playoffs.
But the Packers have outdone all of them, finding new ways to lose, week in and week out.
To start the year, the defense was abysmal (Steve Heiden, anyone?). Now, the offense is in the tank, and Brett Favre has lost so many receivers he thinks Deltha O'Neal is his go-to guy.
Simply put, this team is done. Granted, the Pack is only three games in back of a squad that boasts Kyle Orton as its starting quarterback, which means anything is possible. Maybe another fumble is on the way … but still, this team has some gargantuan holes, and the No. 1 draft pick is looking even better than a 10-6 finish (assuming Green Bay could somehow rip off a nine-game winning streak to end the season) and another first-round playoff exit.
Honestly, what good would that really do Green Bay? Mike Sherman would keep his job as head coach, but regardless of injuries, this is just not a good team. Even the staunchest of Packer fans (yes, I am talking to you, St. Vince) has to take a step back, take a deep breath and realize that at this point.
Hopefully, now hopefully, Favre won't go out on this sour note. But, seriously, would giving Aaron Rodgers some snaps be such a bad idea? Whoa, I know I'm playing with fire here, but I'm not saying Sherman should not start his living legend. Favre does not deserve that. But when he's tossing pick after pick, would sending Rodgers out for a series really be any worse?
So, at this point, it's time to send in Taco Wallace at wideout, Rodgers under center and start dreaming of Reggie Bush coming to Lambeau. 'Cause, honestly, Samkon Gado isn't going to cut it in the backfield.